Monday, March 15, 2010

Three `Oh, Gee!' awards, one honorary

An "Oh Gee!" award to Gov. Pat Quinn for pronouncing the last name of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias as "gee-uh-NEW-luss" and another to WTTW-Channel 11 "Chicago Week in Review" host Joel Weisman for repeatedly making the same error on Friday's show. C'mon, guys! He's been the state treasurer since 2006. He pronounces his name "Ji-NEW-lee-uss"

WLS AM weekend host Tom Roeser didn't say "Gee" on his political talk show Sunday night, but gets an honorary for this effort:

Julie Who?Still more than seven months to go before the election. We'll get it right yet.

Posted at 05:48:25 PM

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